=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You also must make sure samba is encrypting your passwords: encrypt passwords =3D yes That line must be in there. nathan Am 13 Thursday March, 2003 13:31 schrieb Mike Starke: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:05:00PM +0000, Aaron Cordova wrote: > /_I'm trying to find a way that I can make my linux box show up under my > /_"network place" on my windows box. I thought I was supposed to use samba > /_but now I think that i just installed a lot of software for nothing. Wh= at > /_program do I need to install? The two comps are already connected via > ICS /_from the windows box > /_ > > You were correct in installing Samba. Now, it appears you just > need to configure it properly. I always find it helpful to write > down all the information, and make sure these settings are set > in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file. > > For instance: > > Computer Name: > Workgroup/Domain Name: > etc, > etc, > > I think the two biggies that matter the most in your smb.conf > file is under the Global section: workgroup =3D ? & security =3D ? > I also have the following setting > 'name resolve order =3D host bcast wins lmhosts' > On a small home LAN, just throw the IP's in the host > file and from Linux->Win name resolution works well. > > I always try to access the Linux box using the UNC path in start -> run. > Type in something like /// at the run > command in Windows. Having a couple temminal windows open while tailing > logs is always helpful in diagnosing these access problems. One thing I > also have a tendency to overlook is that Samba (at least on Debian) is > under control of tcpwrappers. Make sure /etc/hosts.allow & /etc/hosts.deny > are configured properly. > > HTH > > -Mike > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss =2D --=20 Nathan England Arcanum Linux ! nathan at the-arcanum.org jabber id: linuxjunkie@jabber.earth.li "A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular." =2D --Adlai Stevenson Registered Linux User #189789, Machine #106603 www.sincerechoice.org Spam related material will be forwarded to: uce@ftc.gov =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cRT/Q7yNnsYcupwRAvyFAJ9n4EAwB2QnDC5CswJw1RmBJaFUBwCguNE9 lP48qXcm/sjiK+fHzJj5WN4=3D =3DVGyb =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----